How Sale Sharks went from Premiership strugglers to pole position for play-offs

Manu Tuilagi (right) is injury-free and plays with a smile – Getty Images/Jan Kruger A stop-start schedule has made it difficult to make an accurate assessment of some Premier League clubs this season. The most difficult parties to evaluate are Sale Sharks. At Christmas they were top of the league, at the end of March … Read more

Today’s rugby news: International prop killed in car crash and fears of big competition

These are your rugby headlines on Tuesday, May 7. Fear of coverage of the Champions Cup The Investec Champions Cup could disappear from regular television in Britain next season. European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR), which organizes the tournament, has failed to strike a renewed deal with current broadcaster TNT Sports, the Times reports. The publication … Read more

India’s Ollie Pope’s dismissal prediction was caught on the ‘stump mic’ one ball before wicket

Pope was stunned when he was just 11 on the first day of his 11th birthday in Dharamsala – Getty Images/Sajjad Hussain Kuldeep Yadav has revealed how India took advantage of Ollie Pope’s impatience to lure him into an impetuous dismissal just before lunch. Wrist spinner Kuldeep, who claimed a brilliant five-wicket haul on the … Read more

King Henry Slade’s comeback after the World Cup accident certainly beckons for England

Henry Slade was left out of England’s World Cup squad but is having a good season for Exeter Chiefs – Getty Images/Harry Trump Exeter Chiefs 19 Glasgow Warriors 17 Another game, another Exeter Chiefs comeback, sealed by Henry Slade. The center screenwriter is on a Champions Cup campaign and this victory over Glasgow Warriors – … Read more